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We audit NHS trusts, PCTs and strategic health authorities to review the quality of their financial systems and we work with foundation trusts.

 
 
NHS accounts guides for non-executives and governors
20 April 2010
The Audit Commission and the Healthcare Financial Management Association have published four guides for non-executives and governors to help them get a more detailed grasp of their organisation's ...
Code of audit practice
10 March 2010
The Codes of Audit Practice (the Codes) define the scope, nature and extent of local audit work. There is a separate code of audit practice for local government and a code of audit practice for the ...
Annual audit and inspection letters
The Audit Commission's Code of Audit Practice requires auditors to prepare an annual audit letter and issue it to each audited body.
Auditors' Local Evaluation (ALE)
2 April 2009
The Auditors' Local Evaluation (ALE) assesses how well NHS organisations manage and use their financial resources and highlights areas for improvement.
Payment by Results (PbR)
27 August 2008
Payment by Results aims to support NHS modernisation by paying hospitals for the work they do, rewarding efficiency and quality.
Trust Practice for foundation trusts and aspiring trusts
12 May 2009
The Audit Commission's Trust Practice is the preferred provider of external audit and related professional services to foundation trusts and those aspiring to become foundation trusts.
Circling numbers
Use of resources
28 April 2009
Use of resources is an Audit Commission assessment of how well organisations are managing and using their resources to deliver value for money and better and sustainable outcomes for local people.
Certifying claims and returns
29 July 2010
Our first annual report of auditors' certification work in 2008/09, which is available to download from this page, covers claims and returns in England totalling £45.6 billion
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust inpatient PbR results 2009/10
16 July 2010
The audit was completed using version three of the NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CfH) clinical coding audit methodology on a sample of 200 finished consultant episodes (FCEs) from three different ...
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust inpatient PbR results 2009/10
16 July 2010
The audit was completed using version three of the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) clinical coding audit methodology on a sample of 300 finished consultant episodes (FCEs) from four different areas of ...
Annual audit and inspection letters
Audit
Auditors' Local Evaluation (ALE)
Financial management
National Duplicate Registration Initiative (NDRI)
Payment by Results (PbR)
Public interest reports
Use of resources